add test_remove_global_package_sets

tests/test_mpsd_software.py

@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ def test_install_environment_zlib():
     with open(
         package_set_src_dir / "global_generic" / "global_packages.list", "w"
     ) as f:
-        f.write("zlib@1.2.13 \n")
+        f.write("zlib@1.2.13 \nzstd@1.5.2\n")
 
     # add zlib to whitelist of module creation file by replacing anaconda3%gcc@10.2.1
     # with zlib@1.2.13
@@ -772,6 +772,49 @@ def test_remove_package_sets(tmp_path, simple_toolchain):
     )
 
 
+def test_remove_global_package_sets():
+    """Test removal of global package_sets via spack."""
+    root_dir = Path("/tmp/test_global_generic")
+    if not root_dir.exists():
+        # we need the sample spack instance with global_generic
+        # this is already done in test_install_environment_zlib
+        # so we just need to call it
+        test_install_environment_zlib()
+    # check that zlib and zstd are installed
+    spack_dir = root_dir / "dev-23a" / mod.get_native_microarchitecture() / "spack"
+    source_spack = (
+        f"export SPACK_DIR={spack_dir} &&"
+        f'. {spack_dir / "share" / "spack" / "setup-env.sh"}'
+    )
+    # check that zlib is installed
+    # location commands exits with non zero if not installed thus
+    # breaking failing test
+    mod.run(f"{source_spack} && spack location -i zlib", shell=True, check=True)
+    # check that zstd is installed
+    mod.run(f"{source_spack} && spack location -i zstd", shell=True, check=True)
+
+    # remove global_generic
+    mod.remove_environment(
+        mpsd_release="dev-23a",
+        root_dir=root_dir,
+        package_sets=["global_generic"],
+        force_remove=True,
+    )
+    # check that zstd@1.5 is not installed
+    # we are here flipping the exit code to check that it is not installed
+    mod.run(
+        f"{source_spack} && (spack location -i zstd && exit 1 || exit 0 )",
+        shell=True,
+        check=True,
+    )
+    # check that zlib is not installed
+    mod.run(
+        f"{source_spack} && (spack location -i zlib && exit 1 || exit 0 )",
+        shell=True,
+        check=True,
+    )
+
+
 def test_interface(tmp_path):
     """Test other things (not implemented yet)."""
     pass